Elyse Briggs, NCTMB, RTT, ERYT-500
Elyse is Nationally Certified in Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork, a Licensed Massage Therapist, a registered THAI Therapist and a certified and nationally registered teacher of both massage and yoga therapies with a private practice in Glendale, CA, She is currently on the faculty of Hands on Healing Institute, the Massage School of Santa Monica and is the owner of Yoga at the Village in Glendale.  Elyse is the author of the DVD series, Stretch In Time® to help seniors improve the health of their spines and to stretch major joints and muscles with 5 simple exercises. This motivational DVD for seniors who are both Hearing and Deaf or Hard of Hearing emphasizes the importance of building strength and endurance as people age. http://www.stretchintime.com.

Carl Dawson, ERYT-500
Carl practiced Yoga for more than 30 years, and taught for 25 years. Trainings include:  Center For Yoga (White Lotus) Teacher Trainings 1983 & 1984. IYILA  ongoing Teacher training 1987-1992. Held public class at: The Center For Yoga 1985-2004. IYILA 1988-2002. Yoga Body & Spirit 2002-2008, Yoga At The Village 2005-2010.  Attended workshops with the following Senior Yoga Instructors: Ganga White, John Schumacher, Mary Dunn, Dona Holleman, Maty Ezraty, John Friend,  and others.

Alex Ellis, RYT-200
Joining our staff in January 2012, Alex Ellis was ‘found’ by Yoga as a teenager and now, ten years later with a degree in Exercise Biology from UC Davis, she’s a remarkable young teacher. She completed her 200-hour training at Yoga at the Village, and is now working on her advanced 500-hour training. Having worked with children, collegiate athletes and geriatric patients, Alex strives to empower people to improve their health and well being through a personal yoga practice and enhanced body awareness. 

Scott Hobbs
Scott Hobbs first started practicing yoga in 1977 and has been teaching Iyengar Yoga since 1981, after completing Iyengar teacher training with the legendary Martyn Jackson. Scott has studied yoga with B.K.S. Iyengar in India and his senior teachers in the US and around the world. He is past president of the Iyengar Yoga Association of Southern California and, in 1984, he founded the Iyengar Yoga Institute of Los Angeles. Scott's classes not only feature his many years of expertise but a healthy dose of humor as well.

Lindsey Jones, RYT-200
Lindsey began practicing yoga out of curiosity.  She continues to practice because she loves the challenge and the bonus of self-discovery. After witnessing first hand, how a dedicated practice can transform the body, mind, and soul, she realized the need to share this gift of yoga with others. While her practice is mostly in Bikram yoga, Lindsey completed her Hatha yoga teacher training at Yoga at the Village to expand her options, through this training, became registered with Yoga Alliance.

Rachel McClements, MA. Psy.D., ERYT-200, RYT-500
Rachel was first introduced to yoga in England, her country of origin. She continued to deepen her practice here in the United States and completed her certificate in teacher training at Yoga at the Village.  In addition to studying yoga, Rachel is also a licensed Clinical Psychologist, having completed her Masters and Doctorate in Los Angeles. Her interests lie in combining the two disciplines and exploring further the mind-body connection. Rachel's teaching style reflects her core belief that we are all students for life and that learning should be fun and enjoyable.

Elaine McCoy, RYT-200
Elaine’s passion for yoga came as a result of Thai Massage treatments that helped her broken body heal.  She actually traveled to Chiangmai, Thailand to study Thai Massage and received 60 hours of training.  Having been told that Thai Massage was lazy man’s yoga and that she could accomplish the same thing by practicing yoga, Elaine began doing just that in 2001.  She became a dedicated practitioner and has recently completed her 200- hour teacher training at Yoga at the Village. She is currently working toward her RYT-500.  Elaine’s goal in life is to serve others and and teaching yoga helps her achieve that goal.

Garth McLean
Joining our staff in January 2012, Garth studies annually with the Iyengar family in Pune, India. His  determination and yoga practice motivate him to provide an uplifting, safe forum for a challenging, rewarding and transformative experience.  A certified Iyengar Yoga teacher (Intermediate Jr. III), Garth teaches locally and abroad having taught workshops throughout Europe and South East Asia.  Most recently, he has served as a guest teacher at the 2011 Spain Iyengar Yoga Teachers'  Seminar in Madrid.  He is a founding and current board member of Iyengar Yoga Therapeutics, a non-profit organization dedicated to helping people manage diseases and conditions through therapeutic applications of yoga.  Private instruction available.  Visit Garth at http://www.yogarth.com

Natasha Snow Needles, RYT-200
Snow's career in movement started at the ripe age of 10, teaching a prenatal aerobics class at Silver Slippers Dance Academy located in Idaho. It was a passionate affair from there on out for Natasha with movement. After dancing with various companies she earned her BA in dance and began teaching Pilates, ballet, modern and jazz. Miss Snow’s gypsy journey lead her to a Yoga class at Columbia. Hooked! Several years later we find her on staff with Yoga at the Village, where she received her certification with Yoga Alliance in Hatha yoga. Natasha instructs with spirit, animation, warmth, awareness,  tranquility, and yes, sometimes tears…of joy.

Amina Ann Rosen

After exploring various styles of yoga, Amina's intention is to lead her students to discover the "Shri"  (beauty) and the "Guru" (teacher) inside.  The Guru is the Spirit that awakens us to our own experience.  She welcomes everyone from the physically challenged to the advanced yogis to experience the balanced energetic action in the performance of Asanas (poses).  Each moment will become an opportunity to grow, to learn and to go deeper into our heart and our life.  A Breast Cancer survivor and former marathons runner, her background is in Nursing, Psychology and Reiki Energy Healing. Amina is diligently working toward her RYT-500.

Frances Rothenberg, RVT, ERYT-200, RYT-500
Frances holds a degree in Kinesiology from U.C.L.A. and is a registered ultrasound technologist at Cedars Sinai Medical Center. Having worked with patients for 25 years, she truly believes in an integrative medical approach to the care and maintenance of our bodies. She has been practicing yoga for 13 years, and teaching has helped her to continue to learn from both her teachers and students. She strongly believes that to experience our lives to the fullest, our bodies were meant to move, and her teaching style reflects an emphasis on breathing and movement to maintain a healthy mind-body connection.

Kris Sanders, ERYT-200, RYT-500
Kris loves teaching yoga.  She's passionate about exercising the body, both internally and externally, to create balance and flexibility. In 1997, while working in the entertainment industry, Kris turned to yoga to reduce stress and build strength.  After years of studying at The Yoga Studio in Montrose, CA,  Kris was invited to teach a Bikram-style, yoga class.  She completed her teacher training program at Yoga at the Village and received her certification in Hatha yoga.  Kris is a registered yoga teacher with Yoga Alliance.  While working at both Yoga at the Village and The Yoga Studio, she along with her husband Jim, have a media production business serving large corporations.